Arenagua Castro's Social Media Notes

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Know:
  • 1 in 5 couples meet online
  • Everything stays on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, etc.
  • iPads are being used in kindergarten classes
  • No one really uses email anymore












Want to know:
  • Why are certain sites banned in China?
  • Will ereaders soon replace all books?











Learn:
  • Social gamers will spend $6 billion on virtual goods by 2013
  • Movie goers will spend $2.5 billion on real goods
  • If Wikipedia were a book, it would contain 2.25 million pages and would take 123 years to read.
  • Only 14% of consumers trust ads
  • If Facebook was a country, it would be the 3rd largest in the world
  • 50% of the population is under the age of 30
  • 3 in 5 gay couples meet online
  • Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and Goofle are banned in China
  • Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, and Britney Spears have more Twitter followers than the populations of: Isreal, Sweden, Australia, Greece and Chile.
  • Social Media ROI is that your business will still exist in 5 years